Digital sharecropping refers to creating content on platforms like Facebook and Instagram that profit from user-generated content while users do not own the content they create. This poses problems for businesses as they do not own the content, the platform can shut down their presence at any time, and the platform itself could lose prominence over time. To build a sustainable long-term solution, businesses should build their own website as a central hub and use other social media platforms as spokes to control their own destiny and own their business.